Boyles, Thomas D

Boyles, Thomas D., a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Randolph County, West Va., Aug. 30, 1817. He was converted in 1839; licensed to preach in 1848; and in 1855 entered the Iowa Conference, wherein he labored zealously until his last sickness. He died Dec. 16, 1867. As a preacher, Mr. Boyles was emphatically practical; as a pastor, faithful; as a Christian, exemplary. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1868, p. 181.